West Heaven Continent, Lesser West Heaven Realm, Luo God Clan
In the core region of the Luo God Clan, there was a majestic city that emanated an ancient aura. Evidently, it had experienced the vicissitudes of life and had its own history.
This city was split into two by a surging river. The river flowed through the city, and when it reached the outskirts of the city, it would turn around, forming a cycle that surrounded the city.
This river was extremely profound. It had the lustre of stars, and at times, it was even more beautiful than the starry sky. As the river whistled, it nourished this city.
The bottom of the river couldn't be seen, and no one had ever been able to probe its limits. There was once an Earth Sovereign that went deep into it, but he couldn't reach the bottom even after traveling for nearly half a month. In the end, he had exhausted all of his Spiritual Energy and nearly became nutrients for the river.
This was truly unfathomable.
This mysterious river was also the sacred river of the Luo God Clan. Countless citizens of the Luo God Clan would come here to worship and pray. That's because this river was named the Luo River.
The city that it surrounded was called the Luo God City, the core and most important city of the Luo God Clan. It was also an inviolable sacred city in the hearts of the citizens of the Luo God Clan.
In this period of time, the Luo God City had become the focal point of the citizens of the Luo God Clan. God-knows how many citizens of the Luo God Clan had gathered around the city with expectations in their eyes.
That's because the Patriarch of their Luo God Clan, Luo Tianshen, would be holding the Luo God Ceremony for the current Empress of their Luo God Clan!
The Luo God Clan had once experienced prosperity, but it had gradually declined. In the early years, the Luo God Clan was in a precarious situation. Many citizens of the Luo God Clan were slaughtered and even enslaved.
This situation made the citizens of the Luo God Clan feel despair. But a few years ago, there was a sudden change in the situation.
At that time, the Princess of their Luo God Clan, who had a high reputation, had returned to the clan. In the years that followed, she had relied on various means and her charming personality to gradually stabilize the Luo God Clan, which was in a unstable state.
After that, she led the troops and experts of the Luo God Clan to the frontlines and fought with the Blood God Clan. In the end, she managed to repel the Blood God Clan's attacks, allowing the citizens of the Luo God Clan to enjoy a few years of peace.
While that girl was constantly running around the borders of the Luo God Clan to protect her citizens, her voice in the Luo God Clan grew louder and louder. Not only did her charm spread to the despairing citizens of the Luo God Clan, even the royal family of the Luo God Clan had more and more experts gathering behind her. Most of them were the younger generations of the royal family of the Luo God Clan.
Thus, the Luo God Clan, which was on the verge of collapse, had displayed a tenacity that made their enemies fearful. Furthermore, there seemed to be signs of the Luo God Clan getting out of the decline.
Unknowingly, the entire Lesser West Heaven Realm knew that there was a future Empress in the Luo God Clan.
In the Luo God Clan, the fame of this future Empress had even surpassed her grandfather, Luo Tianshen. Thus, in the past few years, whether it was the citizens of the Luo God Clan or the Royal Clan, the calls for this future Empress to ascend to the throne grew stronger.
This Luo God Ceremony was the most important ceremony before ascending to the throne!
If it was successfully completed, then she would officially become the Empress of the Luo God Clan. At that time, even the hindrances in the Royal Clan would be completely removed.
Under the unity of everyone, even if the Luo God Clan couldn't be as powerful as before, they would definitely be an iron plate. At that time, whether it was the Blood God Clan or the other two God Clans, they would have to be prepared to have their teeth broken if they wanted to devour the Luo God Clan.
Thus, this Luo God Ceremony was extremely important. This was the reason why the citizens of the Luo God Clan travelled tens of thousands of miles to wait for the Empress to ascend to the throne.
This would determine the rise and fall of their Luo God Clan.
Luo God City
In the center of the city, there was a majestic palace that emanated a noble and inviolable aura. This was the Luo God Palace, the location of the Royal Clan of the Luo God Clan.
At this moment, a slender figure was standing on a high platform within the imperial palace. She wore a white dress, and the violet gold patterns on her sleeves had transformed into phoenixes that were flapping their wings and were suffused with a noble aura.
She had an exceptionally perfect figure. Above her slender legs was a slender waist, and further up, there was a tall and seductive curve, as well as an elegant, white, swan-like neck.
However, all of this beauty paled in comparison to the appearance of that beautiful face.
It was an exquisite and bewitching face, with skin as white as snow and eyebrows as black as ink. This was especially the case for her pair of eyes, which caused her beauty to reach its peak in an instant. Those beautiful eyes were as transparent as glass. When she raised her head to look at the sky, even the starry sky seemed to be reflected in her eyes, causing the entire world to change colour.
It was a kind of breathtaking beauty.
Her long, silvery hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, making the girl in front of her look like she had walked out of a painting.
At this moment, the breathtakingly beautiful girl was calmly looking into the distance. There was a trace of longing flowing in her eyes, causing her brows to slightly knit together.
"Mu Chen, how are you now?"
She softly muttered to herself. She, who had always been strong in front of the countless citizens of the Luo God Clan, had actually revealed a rare softness and longing at this moment.
"You're still thinking about that brat?" An aged voice suddenly resounded behind her.
Hearing the voice behind her, the emotions in the girl's glass-like eyes swiftly dissipated. Her knitted brows loosened up, and in that instant, an indescribable dignity and noble aura emanated from her body.
She slightly tilted her head, looked at the old man behind her and said in an indifferent tone, "Grandfather, are you planning to deprive me of this little bit of authority?"
When the old man heard her words, he could not help bitterly smiling as he helplessly and gratifyingly said, "Your reputation in the Luo God Clan is even higher than this old man. I don't have the guts to do that."
"But Luo Li, it's been so many years, and there hasn't been any news of that brat. Are you planning to wait aimlessly?"
The girl before him was naturally Luo Li, who had been separated from Mu Chen for a long time. However, the girl in the past had undergone quite a bit of change after all these years of training. Her youthful beauty had completely blossomed into a beauty that could cause the downfall of empires.
Furthermore, her temperament had also changed. She was no longer the quiet and elegant girl that followed beside Mu Chen back then. She gradually possessed the temperament of an empress that made others respect and fear her.
The old man behind her was the current Patriarch of the Luo God Clan, Luo Tianshen.
Facing Luo Tianshen's question, Luo Li lazily smiled. Her meaning was clear. She was clearly telling her grandfather not to ask such meaningless questions.
Looking at her expression, Luo Tianshen was a little anxious. "It's been so many years, who knows what happened to that brat?"
His voice had just sounded when he saw the eyebrows of the girl in front of him immediately become vertical. Her eyes were filled with fury as she viciously glared at him. This caused him to swallow the remaining words he wanted to say. During these years, the young lady from before had also increasingly possessed an aura. At times, even he, her grandfather, did not dare to offend her.
Luo Tianshen shook his head with a bitter smile. As Luo Li gradually stabilized the Luo God Clan, her reputation had also spread out along with her beauty. Right now, not to mention the Lesser West Heaven Realm, even the West Heaven Continent was famous for her beauty.
Because of this, god knows how many geniuses had cast their gazes towards her, trying to obtain her favourable impression. Furthermore, there were even some forces that weren't any weaker than their Luo God Clan that wanted to form a marriage alliance with their Luo God Clan. The moment such an alliance was established, their Luo God Clan would be able to obtain great help, and it would be sufficient to intimidate the Blood God Clan.
It was so much so that even the Blood God Clan had expressed their goodwill, wanting to arrange a marriage with the most outstanding younger generation of their Blood God Clan to resolve the grudges between the two sides. However, all of them were rejected by Luo Li.
She had said that if they wanted to grow stronger, then they could only rely on themselves. Any external force would eventually disappear, and if their Luo God Clan couldn't grow stronger, then it wouldn't last long, no matter how they formed a marriage alliance.
Her reason was accepted by the majority of the Luo God Clan, especially the outstanding younger generations of the Luo God Clan. But only Luo Tianshen knew that this reason was probably an excuse for his granddaughter. That's because she already had someone in her heart, and with her character, it wouldn't change for the rest of her life.
"That stinking brat!"
Thinking about it, Luo Tianshen couldn't help gritting his teeth. Back then, he thought that as long as he brought Luo Li away, Mu Chen would gradually become a passerby in her life. After all, he couldn't imagine how a brat that cultivated in a Spiritual Academy could roam the Great Thousand World and appear before Luo Li.
But he had clearly underestimated his granddaughter's stubbornness and perseverance. She had been waiting for so many years.
"Sigh."
Although Luo Tianshen felt indignant in his heart, he did not say anything about it. He only let out a long sigh and looked at Luo Li with a dark gaze. "Luo Li, if this Luo God Ceremony goes smoothly, you will step into the Earth Sovereign Realm and become the Empress of the Luo God Clan."
"However, you should also know that our enemies, regardless of whether they are from within or outside the clan, will not be happy to see this happen."
"So this Luo God Ceremony will definitely not be peaceful."
"This time, even grandfather doesn't have much confidence."
Luo Li looked at Luo Tianshen's face and her nose turned sour. Shortly after, she stretched her hand out and held onto his hand. "No matter the outcome, I will live and die with the Luo God Clan!"
Luo Tianshen heavily nodded his head with a ferocious expression on his face. "Rest assured, as long as grandfather is around, I will not allow those bastards to disturb you!"
"Let's go, the Luo God Ceremony is about to begin!"
Luo Li lightly nodded her head. Tilting her head once more, she looked into the distance. It was as if she wanted to pierce through space and see the figure of a young man.
After that, she turned around and left. But at that moment, a firm voice resounded in her heart.
"Mu Chen, I will wait for you no matter what!"
(To be continued ~ ~.)